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Acupuncture has shown promise as a therapeutic option in temporomandibular disorders (TMD). Its benefits include pain relief, reduction of muscle tension and improvement of jaw function. Several alternative approaches, including dry needling and laser acupuncture, were also reported to improve TMD symptoms. This review aims to summarise the most recent studies available on these alternative therapies for TMD. An electronic literature search was conducted in 3 databases, PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus, in order to identify articles on acupuncture, dry needling, or laser acupuncture. Search development, process, and two-step article selection were conducted by independent researchers. Data was extracted regarding study characteristics, population characteristics, acupuncture points or techniques used, and assessment methods for diagnosis and effects. Out of 431 identified results, 20 were selected for inclusion. We identified 11 studies on acupuncture, 3 studies on laser acupuncture and 6 studies on dry needling. Most studies showed improvement of TMD symptoms post-intervention, assessed by pain scales and maximum mouth opening. Overall, most studies showed promising results for acupuncture as an alternative, minimally invasive treatment method for TMD. When compared to controls or placebo, acupuncture, and related techniques result in significant relief of TMD symptoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Tourism, one of the branches that recorded among the largest losses during the Covid-19 pandemic, both globally and nationally, is the subject of the case study. These losses were due both to the travel restrictions imposed by each state, but also to the reluctance of tourists to travel, especially in 2020. Therefore, the number of tourists has decreased considerably, both in terms of resident tourists and tourists. non-residents. That is why in this paper we set out to analyze the ways in which the development of the Covid-19 pandemic influenced the tourist traffic, taking into account the non-resident tourists who arrived in Romania. We found that the incoming activity of tourists was well below the outgoing activity, which negatively influenced both the tourist entities and the complementary sectors, which in turn are related to the entire national economy. The research methodology consisted in collecting the existing data on the website of the National Institute of Statistics, as well as in other specialized databases, their processing, analysis and formulation of conclusions. Different research methods were used: analysis, deduction, graphical method, comparative method, as well as a series of indicators with a fixed base through which we highlighted the change in time of tourist traffic, as well as their growth rate. Based on the analyzed data, conclusions were formulated that allowed us to characterize the existing situation on the Romanian market in the period 2018-2020. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Romania, rural tourism and agro-tourism were practiced in an unorganized way until 1989, as tourists sought a cheaper accommodation compared to the standard accommodation units. Since 1989, gamma services have been improved, so more homes for locals have been opened for tourists. Hence the need for an organization of accommodation, homologation and classification, and the first forms of organized rural tourism appeared in the Rucăr-Bran area, with the establishment of ANTREC, which was then developed at national level. As a result of these changes, as well as the tendency to improve and modernize the tourist activities carried out in rural areas, rural tourism and agrotourism have started to occupy an important place in the Romanian tourist offer, representing for the eager ones an attractive alternative in view leisure time. As a result of the development of legislation, rural tourism and agritourism have seen a significant development, increasingly aligning with European standards in this area. In this paper we propose to analyze the situation of the tourist and agro-touristic pensions situated in the largest development region in Romania, the North East Region, which has a rich history and tradition and whose tourism development could contribute to the economic growth of the area, representing at the same time a means of promoting Romania and its rich traditions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to determine the influence of agricultural investments on the Romanian agriculture incomes, realizing in the same time their evolution. In Romania, agriculture is a basic branch of the national economy because it provides food for the population as well as raw materials for the consumer goods industry. The research was carried out on the basis of statistical data published by the National Institute of Statistics of Romania, taking into account a period of 13 years, respectively 2005-2017. The connection between the value of investments in agriculture and the value of the incomes obtained from agriculture in Romania is a direct and high intensity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this study is to assess the situation of sustainable production and consumption in Romania in the period 2007-2015 based on the indicator resource productivity. Production and consumption of goods and services, generate better quality of life through the increased economic development, but creates pressure on the environment in the form of natural resource consumption and those residues that cannot be used, called waste. The study was made based on the statistical data available online, at Eurostat.eu. Data refer to a period of 8 years, from 2007 to 2015. At European level sustainable production and consumption are assessed using the indicator, resource productivity, calculated as ratio between gross domestic product and consumption of raw materials. Resource productivity is an indicator of macroeconomic efficiency, relevant to sustainable development and saving it material resources, its growth trajectory pointing a progress on sustainable development and a decrease rather a setback. The value of resource productivity in Romania in analyzed period has been an oscillatory evolution and it should be kept consideration that this indicator is dependent on the economy. For a sustainable production and consumption it is necessary to have a continuous increase of resource productivity, to avoid stagnation and syncope at the macroeconomic level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Maize is the most important crop in Romania, covering an area that varied between 2.0 and 3.2 million hectares in the years after 2000. The large surfaces grown with maize in Romania are due to favourable climatic conditions for this crop, but also to high-performance crop technologies which makes the crop to be performant. Taking into consideration the total maize production, Romania ranges the second position in EU, after France. In this context, selecting the most suitable maize hybrids for each agricultural area is essential in view to obtain high yields in an efficient way. The aim of this paper is to present the results related to yield components and grain yields at an assortment of maize hybrids cultivate with a high-performance crop technology and under favourable soil and climatic conditions from South Romania. Our study was performed under conditions of the cambic chernozem in Baneasa area, Giurgiu County from South Romania, and in the context of the favourable climate conditions of the year 2013. The studied maize hybrids in our field experiment were the following: DKC 4964 (FAO group 390), PR36R10 (FAO group 400), PR37K67 (FAO group 400), Olt (FAO group 400), Fundulea 376 (FAO group 450), PR35F38 (FAO group 450), PR35P12 (FAO group 470), Florencia (FAO group 490), PR35T06 (FAO group 500), Rapsodia (FAO group 500), and Generos (FAO group 540). From the climate point of view, the year 2013 was favourable for maize crop in the experimental area. At harvesting time, determinations and analyses were performed regarding: the above-ground biomass, the cob weight, the number of grains per cob, the grain weight per cob, the grain ratio on cob, the thousand grain weight, and the grain yield. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study approaches the topic of foreign direct investments in Romania and their role in the sustainable development of the economy. The aim of the paper was to emphasise the role of foreign direct investments on the sustainable development of Romania's economy and their impact on economic growth and business environment development. The research was based on statistical indicators related to foreign direct investments, published by the National Bank of Romania. The indicators for which we performed a dynamic analysis of the data series were: the FDI per economic activities and the FDI per development regions. The data covered the interval between 2003 and 2014. The results indicated an upward trend in the case of foreign direct investments in Romania. Foreign direct investments had a direct and highly significant correlation with the gross domestic product. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of trade in fruits in Romania, what share does it have in the European and global trade, to show what is its contribution to the development of national economy and how does it affect the GDP of agriculture in Romania. Trade represents a form of human activity hat achieved along time the strongest connection between peoples, contributed to the development of economies and societies. The analysis methods used in order to highlight the changes occurred on the fruit market in Romania are as follows: the grouping method, the degree for covering the import by exports, correlation method. Analysing the correlation in Romania between fruit production, the value of agriculture GDP, and fruit import, a significant correlation is noticed, and the increase of fruit production has a positive impact on GDP and helps diminishing the imports. For the situation to be improved, fruit production increase is advisable, by increasing productivity as a result of using more efficient technologies, setting up associations of producers, building storage facilities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Fishing is one of the oldest occupations, which over the years has gone through several stages. In the economic terms the increase in intensive industrial system of the fish is advantageous because the specific energy consumption is low, given that they not need to maintain body temperature at high temperatures. Having regard to demographic trends in continue increasing, and the tendency of decrease fisheries leads to increased the production of aquaculture fish by order to ensure enough quantity and quality. The purpose of this paper is to highlight the evolution of fish production worldwide and in particular to show the evolution of production of fish from fisheries and aquaculture. To highlight the evolution global fish production given two ways to get fish respectively from aquaculture and fisheries, that have used data from FAOSTAT for 2007-2012. Also we can see that approximately 90% of the fish production is fished in the sea and only 10% in the territorial waters. The fish production in Africa had an ascending trend in the period under review. Analyzing fish production the share of total world continents is noted that Asia has a share of 68% in 2007 and increase to 73% in 2012. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The analysis performed and presented in this paper is based on an agricultural business in the Călărași County, namely S.C. Auger Petrus S.R.L. The basic activity of the company is represented by cultivating cereals ecologically, on an area of 700 ha of wheat, maize, sunflower, peas, lucerne, etc. The analysed company expanded its ecologically cultivated area by purchasing new land, as well as by leasing new areas of land. Also, the company has its own silo made up of three units with a capacity of 3,000 metric tons each, a laboratory where to analyse the cereals on entering and leaving the silo, as well as good technical equipment, namely: tractors, combine harvesters, seeders, agricultural combiners, plows, trailers, irrigation pumping station. From the data processed and presented in the company's financial balance, we noticed the evolution of the efficiency level correlated with strategies employed by the company. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The characteristics of market economy and coordinates of modern life have determinate both individual level and organizations increase of number of risk who can affect us, of their dimensions and of the consequences which induce them, but at the same time a highest need of firm security. In economic and financial department was develop an entire area -management risk and many financial instruments to reduce or diminish risk. The behaviour of economical agents respectively of the entrepreneurs and managers is different according to the risk in many respects: risk adversaries unaffected to risk and risk belovers who leave mark on decisions take it. Management risk is an cyclical process with distinct stages: risk identification, risk analyses and risk reactions. The management of this phenomenon goes from this context and the firm objectives, analyse the risk factors into a security conception having the purpose to minimize the risks and the cost. The policies of occupational safety and health at the level of the organization must include information regarding: the general security and health policy at work; the specific risks and the way of dealing with them; the responsibility of the managers in this field; the measures of implementation of these policies and must be based on: Employee safety is very important; Safety is prior to efficiency; Employee safety leads to advantages and efficiency; Respecting the regulations [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Management ethics, the determination at what means "fair", "correct" and "just" in decisions and action that affect the others, passes the simple problems like corruption, steal and swindle. It is focused on human interrelations such as between employers and employees, sellers and clients, shareholders, creditors, distributors, community members. The solving of the ethics dilemmas in management do not represent just a delimitation between good and bad, correct and incorrect, but also it is a complex judgement aiming a balance between economical and social performance of the firm, taking into consideration all what could happened. Solving ethics dilemmas by managers is not easy, and the decision will depend all the time of their personality, experience, education, feelings, attitude and personal values. The communication is part of the organization infrastructure. Any effort for the development of an organization should be considered a priority for the human factor. An efficient communication is the only way in which employees can correlate their efforts, whose quality is leading to the organization success. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the progress of Romania on sustainable agriculture and what are the prospects for this type of development, given the possibilities and restrictions it has. For Romania, European Union member state, sustainable development represents a rational national perspective, resulting in a new paradigm of development, to establish the confluence of economic, social and environmental. To highlight the development of sustainable agriculture in Romania was taken into account a number of indicators, and calculate the indices fixed-base. The calculations were based on data provided by the Romanian Statistical Yearbooks 2008-2013, and the data provided on the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. To achieve sustainable development, Romania has important strengths such as: the soil that allows the practice of ecological agriculture, but there is also problems, of which the most important are: scientific research in agriculture is low, the number of researchers is declining due to financial problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The recent statistical data and market studies have shown that the organic products market is on a continuously upward trend in Europe and globally. For Romania, organic agriculture represents a market niche that is still insufficiently exploited, with a definite and real development potential of the agricultural sector. The role of the consumer is decisive for the evolution trends and future prospects of any market. A questionnaire based quantitative research was done to find out the Romanian consumers' behaviour related to organic products, which allowed the establishment of the weight of organic products consumers within the population interviewed, the extent to which the characteristics of organic products, brands and categories known and consumed are acknowledged. The study also pursued the evaluation of motivational factors which determine the purchase, market appraisal between the alleged favourable attitude towards organic products and product consumption, the evaluation of the way in which the Romanian organic products' quality is perceived in relation with their price. The study shows an increase in consumer interest for "healthy" products, so that the change according to their behaviour shall generate an increase in the organic products market in Romania. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To ensure a high economic efficiency of productive work is necessary to determine the optimal location of the objective investment. Optimal location creates a prerequisite for approaching the maximum level of investment efficiency both in the national economy and the economic agent. The problem of optimal location of the investment objective must be addressed in a broad vision to solve it using: economic criteria, functional criteria - technological, social, plus natural factors. From the research it was found that the future investment objective on the processing rapeseed in bio fuel and edible oil in Calarasi County is conveniently located in the city being Lehliu Station due to the fact that it has the coordinates close to those resulting from the calculation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this paper is to highlight sustainable development in terms of health in two development regions of Romania, the South Muntenia region and South West Oltenia region. "Sustainable development is development which aims to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". Sustainable development objectives can not be achieved in conditions of ill health, and health is maintained in a functional and a healthy environment. To highlight the evolution of public health in the two regions for regional development and related counties, we used indicators of sustainable development in Romania, based on data provided by the Romanian Statistical Yearbooks for 2011, 2012 and 2013. Indicators used to assess health development in the two regions are: The mortality rate, the infant mortality rate, natural growth rate, hospital beds (per 1,000 inhabitants), population/doctor (per 1000 inhabitants). Research methods applied are clues fixed base and chain base. Factors that increase the mortality rate are represented by a larger proportion of the elderly population, origin, given that rural health services are weak comparing to urban areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The economic crisis is far to an end. After a recursion of the recession in 2012 and a continuance in 2013, its' effects are increasingly stronger and the most tangible effect is the poverty increase among the active population. It is due to the revenues decrease, to poverty and exclusion's risks, the attenuation of protection effects which are socially and initially carried out by the decrement of tax incomes and by the increase of expenditures level for social performances. These effects are being acutely experienced, particularly by the member states in the Southern and Eastern Europe. Therefore, at the E.U. point, one performed studies, one determined the causes and it is trying to find solutions. This scientific paper aims to analyze the main parameters onto one must interfere in and the actions that should be considered in order to increase population's standard of living. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The breeding of dairy cows is an area of great importance to ensure the basic needs of people. Dairy cows are also subjected to the action of various factors of influence due to the feeding peculiarities. This research aims to reveal the influence of the dairy cows feeding use of based on conjugated linoleic acid -CLA and a mixture of plant extracts and micro-ZLL supplements. The study was carried out in Agrimat Matca farm, on a herd of 100 cows at the first lactation. The experiment consisted in the administration of 0.20 kg VILOMIL ZLL and 0.13 kg VILOMIX CLA for a period of 24 days. Observations were made on the quantity of daily milk, the milk quality and hygiene and the health of the dairy cows. We observed that at the beginning of the experiment the somatic cell contents was 800000/ml, and at the end of the experiment it decreased to 400000/ml. The quantity of milk increased between 4 and 12.5%, the fat contents decreased by 0.4 to 0.6% while the protein content was not influenced. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The extremely high responsibility of the investment decision is given by the role of investments in the economy of economic operators, their economic, financial, social impact, the limited character of investment resources, and the risks involved. The more efficient use of resources (the qualitative factor) has a stronger influence on the profit evolution than the quantitative factor (assigning a bigger part of the profit to investments) because the qualitative factor also provides a raise of the fixed capital value, which leads to the future determination of the economic result by both qualitative and the quantitative factors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]